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词条 Beatrice, Mississippi
释义

  1. Education

  2. Transportation

  3. Notoriety

  4. References

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}}Beatrice is an unincorporated community in Stone County, Mississippi, and is located approximately {{convert|23|miles|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Wiggins. Beatrice is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. The main period of significance was between 1894 and 1915.[2]

Surrounded by the De Soto National Forest, Beatrice has long been a timber and sawmill community. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Beatrice Sawmill served as a distribution center for portable sawmills that were needed to convert storm-ravaged trees into lumber.[3]

Little Creek Baptist Church and headquarters for Red Creek Wildlife Management Area are located in the Beatrice community.

Education

  • The Beatrice community is served by the Stone County School District.

Transportation

  • The Beatrice community is served by Mississippi Highway 15.

Notoriety

On the night of January 24, 2015, 57-year-old Timmy Garrison, owner of Beatrice Sawmill was found dead outside his place of business.[4] Subsequent investigation by law enforcement revealed a murder-for-hire involving Evelyn Garrison, wife of the murder victim; Emmett Entriken, her childhood friend; and Entriken's distant cousin, Jody Parks.[5] On March 10, 2017, 23-year-old Jody Parks pleaded guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.[5] On August 21, 2017, 56-year-old Evelyn Garrison accepted a plea of first-degree murder and received a sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole.[6][7] On September 16, 2017, the third suspect, 67-year-old Emmett Entriken, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.[8]

References

1. ^GNIS (Beatrice, Mississippi) Retrieved 2014-01-01
2. ^Mississippi History and Genealogy Place Names Retrieved 2014-01-01
3. ^Wood-Mizer Mississippi, TimberLine Magazine (September 1, 2006) Retrieved 2014-01-01
4. ^{{cite news |last=O'Hara |first= Jody|date=February 11, 2015 |title=Alleged killer shows no emotion at arraignment |url=http://stc.stparchive.com/Archive/STC/STC02112015P01.php |work=Stone County Enterprise |access-date=2017-10-08}}
5. ^{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Margaret |date=March 10, 2017 |title=Man said he had ‘good intentions’ when he agreed to kill for a price |url=http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article137672703.html |work=SunHerald |access-date=2017-10-08}}
6. ^{{cite news |last=Fitzgerald |first=Robin |date=August 21, 2017 |title=‘I’d sell my soul to a million devils to bring him back,’ says woman who hired hit man |url=http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/stone-county/article168347737.html |work=SunHerald |access-date=2017-10-08}}
7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.stonecountyenterprise.com/news/garrison-pleas-top-news-cycle/article_8fbec4c4-f0c1-11e7-98d0-57255234ca1f.html|title=Garrison pleas top 2017 news cycle|last=O'Hara|first=Jody|date=January 3, 2018|work=Stone County Enterprise|access-date=2018-07-24|language=en}}
8. ^{{cite news |last=SunHerald Staff |date=September 16, 2017 |title=Man pleads guilty to hiring hit man in Stone County death |url=http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article173759871.html |work=SunHerald |access-date=2017-10-08}}
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3 : Unincorporated communities in Mississippi|Unincorporated communities in Stone County, Mississippi|Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area

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